﻿'Params
'artist (Required (unless mbid)] : The artist name
'mbid (Optional) : The musicbrainz id for the artist
'lang (Optional) : The language to return the biography in, expressed as an ISO 639 alpha-2 code.
'autocorrect[0|1] (Optional) : Transform misspelled artist names into correct artist names, returning the correct version instead. The corrected artist name will be returned in the response.
'username (Optional) : The username for the context of the request. If supplied, the user's playcount for this artist is included in the response.
'api_key (Required) : A Last.fm API key.

'Auth
' This service does not require authentication. 


Public Structure ArtistGetInfoResponse
	Dim artist As Artist
End Structure

Public Class ArtistGetInfo
	Inherits BaseRequest
	Dim artist As String = ""
	Dim mbid As String = ""
	Dim lang As String = ""
	Dim autocorrect As String = ""

	Public xmlresponse As XDocument = Nothing

	Public Sub New(ByVal artist As String, ByVal mbid As String, ByVal lang As String, ByVal autocorrect As String)
		Me.artist = artist
		Me.mbid = mbid
		Me.lang = lang
		Me.autocorrect = autocorrect
	End Sub

	Public Sub sendRequest()
		ClearMembers()
		AddMember("method", "artist.getInfo")
		AddMember("artist", artist, String.IsNullOrEmpty(mbid))
		AddMember("mbid", mbid, False)
		AddMember("lang", lang, False)
		AddMember("autocorrect", autocorrect, False)
		AddMember("username", My.Settings.user_name, False)
		AddMember("api_key", My.Settings.api_key, False)

		xmlresponse = sendPOSTResponse()
	End Sub

	Public Function getResponse() As ArtistGetInfoResponse
		Dim response As ArtistGetInfoResponse = Nothing

		Try
			response.Artist = New Artist(xmlresponse.<lfm>.<artist>.First)
		Catch ex As Exception

		End Try
		Return response
	End Function

End Class
